Female reproductive output in exploited Nile monitor lizard (Varanus niloticus L.) populations in Sahelian Africa

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1530-1539

  De Buffrénil, Vivian ^a   Rimblot Baly, Frédérique ^b  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIZARD; ONTOGENY; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; SEXUAL MATURITY;

AFRICA; LAKE CHAD; MALI; NIGER RIVER;

VARANUS NILOTICUS;

EID: 0033490494     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjz-77-10-1530     Document Type: Article

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